California and gunmaking: two words that go together like the oxymoronic simile of your choice. I’m thinking ‘Columbia University’ and ‘Football’ myself, but I concede that ‘Illinois’ and ‘Good Governors’ works too. Regardless of your literary aspirations, the Golden State makes it extremely inconvenient to even own firearms and damned-near impossible to manufacture them. FMK Firearms doesn’t care: they’ve jumped through the hoops to get the 9C1 certified for sale in both California and Massachusetts. . .
And FMK doesn’t care much for liberal politics, either. “Thank You: U.S. Soldiers” is molded into every frame, and most production models (not shown) will have the Bill Of Rights etched onto the slide, along with quotes from the Founding Fathers. Suck that, Noam Chomsky!
Farago and I manhandled their latest 9C1 9mm at Media Day At The Range, and it came away as one of our favorite guns of the day. The polymer-frame, striker-fired, slick-slide double-stack design is anything but revolutionary, but our short (50-round) shooting session left us impressed with the handling and refinement of this very new pistol. The trigger was among the best we tested all day, comparing favorably to much spendier offerings from FN, H&K, and Glock.
If it performs as well as the tester we fired at the SHOT Show, the 9C1 should make a Fukushima-sized splash when it hits the shelves of A Dealer New You in the coming months. It will ship with two 14-round magazines (or mincy little 10-rounders for our brothers in CA and MA) and a selection of interchangeable front and rear sights.
And all for a suggested list of $399.
We’re pushing hard to get a T&E gun, to see if it lives up to its promise. Click here to check out an earlier design for yourself; I think the ‘Gen-2’ we shot is much better looking.
As a former Army combat officer married to a former Marine, I bleed red, white and blue. However, putting a bunch of patriotic sayings on a gun that is supposedly for EDC stinks with the smell of crass commercialism…nothing less.
Comparing the trigger pull (their ads say nine pounds), to other weapons (Glock, for example), I find that a bit too much for my liking.
Lastly…building a firearm in California??? What’s up with that?
They can move when moonbeams is all over them and the time comes. Why do you think that state is NOW called caliFARCIA.
How do so many people not get the point of manufacturing in California? It’s to piss off anti-gunners. How does that go over your head so easily?
I would be interested in knowing if they plan on a plain non scribed version. Sure the writing is cool if it is on display, but I think they have a winner if folks have options.
Also I heard they went to a full metal slide assembly on the Gen II version.
Let’s play their game: At 1.5 million a year, nearly 68 million violent crimes were stopped by law-abiding citizens with guns since 1968.
As an owner of a TCP and former owner of an LCP and a kel-tec I can attest the TCP is the winner hands down. I’ve been carrying mine for 2 years now in a wallet holster and it digests everything I feed it including +p rounds that I’ve seen other .380 guns be finicky about. Good review!!
OH MY GOD! You all are a bunch of complaining women. A Marine offended that the gun says “Soldier” and another who has a problem with “In God We Trust”? I only wish that other manufacturers were doing something so cool. If I do end up buying a Glock I should have it engraved just like this one so you can all blow a gasket over that too.
I would never form such a strong opinion and be so verbal about it based on one review written by someone who was dealing with a gun which belonged to a student. I just bought one. I love the engravings and the whole patriotic attitude of the company. As for the one crappy review, first off shit happens.but I seriously doubt that any manufacturer wwould ship a gun in the state that guy mentioned in the review Fred was talking about. That’s why Google gives you so many reviews to pick from. My only issue it took me an hr to get one mag loaded and my thumbs gave up. I’m no weenie. I’ve been working with my hands for 25 yrs. This is my first new pistol but I can’t imagine it’s supposed to be that hard.
“And FMK doesn’t care much for liberal politics, either. “Thank You: U.S. Soldiers” is molded into every frame, and most production models (not shown) will have the Bill Of Rights etched onto the slide, along with quotes from the Founding Fathers. Suck that, Noam Chomsky!”
So, Liberals aren’t patriotic? Ridiculous comment.
No, liberals arent patriotic. They support Obama, Hillary, and the Democrat commie regime that wants to take our guns away.. Choke yourself!
Amen Fred!
The great thing about our US military, is that no matter the politics of the president, he is thier commander-in-chief. The military does what he says and has no opinion about whether it is right or wrong.
The military is about disipline. If you do/will not listen to his/her(?) commands, maybe it is time for you to leave the service. Being in the military means you obey commands.
These are junk. Google “FMK 9c1 junk” and read how horrible these are. Looks like Glock might be going after them for patent infringement too.
I own the same rifle. And if you adjust your tension on the two stock mounting bolts, those shot groups will be well below 1MOA or basically I’ve been getting same hole groups with all your stated ammo. Good luck and have fun!
I am the owner of a FMK 9C1G2, which I received from Front Sight Firearms Training Institute in October, 2015. The firearm in question has never worked properly. The firearm would not go back into battery frequently and displayed feed failures constantly. I contacted FMK and they initially told me that I was probably using the wrong ammo or hadn’t put enough rounds through the gun. After more than 300 rounds I told them that they needed to live up to their warranty. They took the gun back and supposedly repaired it. The message from the technician merely stated that he checked the ejector and fired 10 rounds through it and that it was fine.
It was not fine and the problems persisted. I returned it again, got it back and it still didn’t work properly.
I have returned it to FMK two times for repair and both times it was returned to me un-repaired. I most recently asked that the firearm be replaced, since the technicians at the company are unable to repair the firearm.
Specifically, the gun continues to not go back into battery, fails to eject properly causing jams and stove pipes and other similar failures.
I have communicated to Mr. David Wolfe, the president of the company, several times and those exchanges have been unsatisfactory. He even asked me to video myself firing the weapon. He has accused others of “limp writing” while shooting. I did the video and he didn’t raise that canard for obvious reasons.
Most recently, after returning my firearm to me for the second time, because it still did not work properly, I asked for a replacement. Mr. Wolfe wrote to me saying that they would have to “check out” the firearm themselves.
He indicts himself and his company by saying that I should return the weapon for a third time. That request indicates that the first two times they knowingly did nothing.
Your review indicates complete satisfaction with the weapon and mine is complete dissatisfaction. FMK is batting 50%. That is not a weapon I would keep at home for defense when reliability is absolutely necessary. Neither is it a weapon I would carry.
This gun is total crap, I just bought one yesterday and couldn’t put 50 roundsrounds through it without it jamming. This was my first gun buy, its completely unreliable, i should’ve done my research…BAD BUY.